#ScalaReport: Converting empty downtown Philadelphia office towers to high rise residencies. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala..com #Stratacache
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
1932 NYC
No known restrictions on publication.
@Batchelorshow
#ScalaReport: Converting empty downtown Philadelphia office towers to high rise residencies. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala..com #Stratacache
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-missing-philadelphia-office-workers-f3b4dcf7
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye in the World. |
| 0:06.9 | The Scholar Report with CEO Chris Regal of scholar.com a global technology firm transforming the retail |
| 0:12.8 | space with digital signage. |
| 0:14.8 | And we start globally to measure the global economy before we come to the American economy. |
| 0:21.3 | China. |
| 0:22.3 | Chris, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:23.7 | These last days I've been learning about the China bubble that has burst. |
| 0:27.7 | The property bubble ever granted now a new player, even larger, country garden. |
| 0:33.6 | The unbuilt apartments, the mortgages, the Chinese consumer, burdened with an apartment |
| 0:38.9 | as their asset base, they never planned to live there. |
| 0:42.3 | I believe the investors now too per investor that's how many of those unbuilt apartments |
| 0:48.2 | were sold. |
| 0:49.6 | But it burdens the consumer. |
| 0:51.5 | It weighs down their options. |
| 0:53.9 | And because they're recourse loans, I learn. |
| 0:56.7 | That means that if they stop their mortgage payments, the banks can come and take their |
| 1:00.4 | assets. |
| 1:01.4 | All of that adds up to China in grim circumstances. |
| 1:05.3 | Does that describe the China that you hear from your colleagues on the mainland where you |
| 1:10.3 | do work? |
| 1:11.3 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:12.3 | Good evening, John. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

